Classics Du Jour

Pink Floyd Records will release Pink Floyd The Laters Years this fall, a 16-disc set covering the material created by David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright from 1987 onwards. The 5-CD/5-DVD/6-BR collextion includes over 13 hours of unreleased audio and audiovisual material from the period that produced three studio albums (A Momentary Lapse of … Continue reading Pink Floyd’s Massive The Later Years Box Set Coming This Fall →

Bret Michaels is extending his Unbroken World Tour to include a series of Hometown Heroes special event concerts throughout the midwest this November. The Hometown Heroes shows will kick off November 6 in Casper, WY and feature a multi-genre lineup. The Poison frontman will be joined by Night Ranger, Lita Ford, Firehouse, Joe Nichols and … Continue reading Poison’s Bret Michaels Announces Midwestern Hometown Heroes Tour with Night Ranger, Lita Ford and More →

Creed’s watershed Human Clay album is celebrating its 20th anniversary; the album, one of the best selling alternative rock albums of all time, will be re-issued as a two-LP set on October 11th. The anniversary release marks the first availability of the album on vinyl since a limited pressing in 1999. Creed’s sophomore album debuted … Continue reading Creed’s Human Clay Album Will Be Re-issued on Vinyl for 20th Anniversary →

Eddie Money has revealed that he is battling stage 4 esophageal cancer. The singer discussed the diagnosis in a new clip from his AXS reality TV show, Real Money. “I thought I was just going in to get a check-up, and he told me that I’ve got cancer,” said Money. “When we found out that … Continue reading Eddie Money Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis →

Larry Taylor, best known as the bassist for Canned Heat and for his recording work with The Monkees, has died at the age of 77. The news was confirmed by Skip Taylor, manager for Canned Heat, who reports that Taylor died at his home in Lake Balboa, California on Monday, after a 12-year battle with … Continue reading Canned Heat Bassist Larry Taylor Dead at 77 →

Bruce Springsteen can claim a lot of titles – Grammy Winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, philanthropist, children’s author – and now he adds “director” to that list with the upcoming release of a new film adaptation of his latest solo album, Western Stars. Co-directed by Springsteen and Thom Zimny (Springsteen on Broadway, Hunter … Continue reading Bruce Springsteen Makes Directorial Debut with ‘Western Stars’ Doc →

Down ‘n’ Outz, the project headed up by Def Leppard frontman and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joe Elliott, are set to release their third studio album, This Is How We Roll, on October 11. Today the band released the first single and title track. Hear it now in the player below. Unlike the band’s previous album, This Is How We … Continue reading Listen: Joe Elliot’s Down ’n’ Outz Announce New Studio Album, Release New Single →

Jon Zazula (known as Jonny Z), founder of the legendary heavy metal record label Megaforce Records, will release a tell-all book this fall. Entitled Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness., Zazula describes the book as “not a typical rock n’ roll book, but rather, a blue collar success story”. Heavy Tales is due … Continue reading Megaforce Records Founder Jonny Z to Release Tell-All Book →

A previously unreleased song by Bruce Springsteen dropped today as part of the Blinded by the Light film soundtrack. The track, titled “I’ll Stand by You”, was originally penned by the Boss for the 2001 movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone but failed to make the cut. Originally called “I’ll Stand by You Always” … Continue reading Hear Bruce Springsteen’s Previously Unreleased Song “I’ll Stand by You” →

Woodstock, the epitome of ‘60s counterculture and the most famous music festival ever, has just been commemorated on a United States Postal Service stamp. The stamp, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the festival, was dedicated Thursday at a First Day of Issue event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. … Continue reading Woodstock Commemorated on USPS Stamp →

On August 8, 1969 at approximately 11:35am Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan stopped traffic on Abbey Road in London to capture what has arguably become the most iconic Beatles photograph ever taken. The picture shows the Fab Four striding over the black and white stripes of the pedestrian crossing just outside of the EMI Recording Studios … Continue reading The Beatles Announce ‘Abbey Road’ 50th Anniversary Release →

Tool has released a new song, the first single from their forthcoming album Fear Inoculum. The release mark the band’s first album of new music since 2006. You can hear the title track now below. Despite the decade-plus hiatus from releasing new music, Tool isn’t interested in conforming to traditional radio format for the sake … Continue reading Tool Details New Album, Releases New Song →